Senate approves massive Agriculture Dept increase totals
Senate votes in rapid sequence to boost the Agriculture Department appropriation by 382 million dollars, lifting the year's total to about 1.215 billion. Parity payments reach 225 million and surplus disposal 302 million as Morgenthau warns against added taxes to cover deficits. Senator King denounces the spending spree and calls for a legislative budget panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Senate
Agriculture Department
Senate Agriculture Committee
King
Utah
Open questions after Rome Berlin axis pact talks
The Il Gironale D'Italia editor Virginio Gayda signaled that Hitler and Mussolini may seek negotiation after the Milan pact between von Ribbentrop and Ciano. He framed a German Italian alliance as a counterweight to Britain and France and cited Danzig and the Polish corridor as open issues. Italy’s leaders met Mussolini to discuss military questions arising from the accord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginio Gayda
Il Gironale D'Italia
Foreign Office
Rome-Berlin
Milan
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Gayda
Germany
Italy
Europe
Gajda
Danzig
Pomorse
Poland
France
Mussolini
LeVinus S. Daems Pioneer of Virginia City Dies
LeVinus S. Daems son of Virginia City's first elected mayor died at his Varney ranch after a brief illness. Born November 13, 1866 in Virginia City he attended local schools and married Mary L. Kramer in June 1891. The Daems moved to Varney in 1899 to farm as a longtime resident and Society of Pioneers member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia City
LeVinus S. Daems
Varney
Madison Valley
Society of Pioneers
Daems
Mary L. Kramer
Helena Prelate Elevated to Bishop Coadjutor
The Rev. H. H. Daniels, dean of St. Peter's Pro Cathedral in Helena, was elected bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Montana by the 36th annual convention. He will succeed Bishop H. H. H. Fox of Billings upon Fox's retirement next September, with formal approval pending from other bishops and diocesan committees. Daniels will assume duties immediately upon consecration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Daniels
St. Peter's
Helena
Montana
H. H. H. Fox
Billings
Fox
Inventor’s electric fence shocks him as dog dies
Charles Ellis of New Lenox Illinois tested an improvised electric fence for dogs by wiring around evergreen trees and touching the live wires. He was knocked unconscious and later hospitalized. a neighbor helped while his dog died from the shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lenox
Ill
Charles Ellis
Ellis
Rock Island Railroad
Telephone and Telegraph Department
Ramsay Pupil Wins County Scholarship Award
Arthur Bigley eighth grade pupil at Ramsay school wins the Silver Bow county scholarship for rural schools after two county tests total 833 points. Miss Maybelle Hogan, county superintendent, notes his January 412 point win and April 421 point second exam, with first place in his grade to receive an award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Bigley
Ramsay School
Maybelle Hogan
Arthur
FDR Intervenes to End Coal Dispute
In New York May 8 conferees from the United Mine Workers and Appalachian operators accepted an invitation to meet President Roosevelt in Washington to resolve the lengthy labor contract clash. Frances Perkins said the meeting aimed to reopen mines quickly after a government pressure on parties. Lewis blamed the administration for the shutdown and urged swift negotiations to move coal supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Mine Workers
Appalachian
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Washington
Frances Perkins
Miss Perkins
Lewis
John R. Steelman
Labor Department
Mine Workers
Labor
Perkins
Highway Patrol Begins Auto Lights and Brakes Checks
Montana officials announce an annual statewide auto safety check focusing on brakes and lights. Crews in district nine division three start in Livingston and move to Butte area, issuing summonses for defective brakes or poorly adjusted lights and sending cars with bright lights for immediate repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
C. C. la Sueur
Montana Highway Patrol
le Sueur
Helena
Lou C. Boedecker
Livingston
Butte
Park County
Drummond
Idaho
Lyden Search Expands Across Five Western States
The four day hunt for Charles J. Lyden broadened to five western states beyond Montana as authorities in Portland Seattle Spokane Wallace Salt Lake City and Denver were formally asked to help. Officials noted a bloodhound effort failed to trace the stale trail beyond Rocker and the dog could not follow further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Lyden
Montana
Montana School of Mines
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Spokane
Wash
Wallace
Idaho
Salt Lake City
Utah
Denver
Colo
George McKenzie
Silver Bow County
Joplin
Frank LeSage
Butte
McKenzie
Rocker
Delaney Ford Acquitted In Local Court
A Bozeman man 35 Delaney Ford was found not guilty of attempted burglary in a district court trial that ran from Friday into Saturday. The jury deliberated about three hours after hearing evidence and Ford testified in his own defense before being released by Judge J. J. Lynch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Bozeman
Delaney Ford
Ford
J. J. Lynch
Montana Street
Rowe Road
Lynch
Montana Weather Outlook: Partly Cloudy to Unsettled
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies in Montana on Tuesday and Wednesday. Expect unsettled conditions and cooler temperatures, with cooler trends focused in the southwest portion on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Britain offers to mediate Danzig dispute and push for Russia security front
Britain signals willingness to mediate the Polish German Danzig dispute if invited and urges Soviet Russia to join a British French security front. Prime Minister Chamberlain says Britain would help create an international arbitration mechanism if Poland and Germany request it. He favors an amicable settlement but warns against appeasement harming Poland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Danzig
Russia
London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Germany
Poland
Berlin
Foreign Office
Moscow
Bride at 14 Widow at 15 in Cincinnati Husband Murder
Blanche Tinker, 14, held for killing her 20-year-old husband Harold after a drinking party. She wed about ten months ago in Kentucky. she said she fired when dared to, mis judging a pistol safety. Cafe workers recall her crying about the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Blanche Tinker
Harold
Kentucky
WPA
Edward Cavanaugh
G. F. Achauer
Tinker
Chamber Elects 1b Member Of Executive Board
Butte Chamber of Commerce elected sixteen directors for the new board, naming two new members Louis Dreibelbis and Ben Hardin and reelecting fourteen incumbents. The organization meeting is set for Friday at noon with holdover directors including Kenneth Christie and J. E. Corette among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Louis Dreibelbis
Ben Hardin
Charles Amos
O. R. Ashford Jr
John Burke
Charles Gallagher
H. A. Gallwey
G. A. Hill
Paul Huddoff
E. G. Leipheimer
Ray J. McDonald
Roy Murray
J. D. Newman
Peter
Mayors urge Congress to continues WPA support
Fiorello LaGuardia New York Edward J Kelly Chicago and Harold H Burton Cleveland defend WPA in House hearings urging expansion not curtailment. LaGuardia argues unemployment rises in New York since January and calls for increased federal spending to help cities and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
Edward J. Kelly
Chicago
Harold H. Burton
Cleveland
LaGuardia
New York City
Plane Crash and Fire Kill 22 in Guayaquil
An army plane named the Diablo Rojo crashed in midtown Guayaquil, plunging from the sky and igniting five houses. Captain Oliverio Sandoval piloted the craft as flames trapped many victims. police and soldiers cordoned the area while ambulances moved the injured and the dead to the morgue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Oliverio Sandoval
Peace Plea From Former King Urges Leaders to Seek Peace
In Verdun on May 8 the Duke of Windsor urged political leaders to rise above national interests to avoid war. The broadcast, approved by King George VI, followed prior radio talks with the king while the king rode aboard the Empress of Australia to America. The duke said he spoke for himself without government knowledge. He urged burying jealousies to negotiate by mutual candor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verdun
France
Duke of Windsor
George VI
England
Australia
America
George
Hopkins Urges Continued Spending Amid Chamber Clash
Washington May 38. Harry L Hopkins secretary of Commerce attacked the United States Chamber of Commerce as not representative of business and renewed calls for at least 12 more months of heavy federal spending after the chamber adopted critical resolutions of administration policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Harry L. Hopkins
Comerce
Chamber
Hopkins
First Participants Sign Up For Parts In Pageant
The Treasure State Jubilee pageant advance plans announce the first signups. Elizabeth P. Myers and Ann Meyers of 1639 Florence Avenue lead the initial individual entrants. The Ten Teens organization includes Patsy Alexander, Joy Bishop, Lulu Cline, Peggy Elliott, Betty Lou Girard, Thai Jenkins, and others with listed addresses in Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Victor Seydel
New York
Elizabeth P. Myers
Ann Meyers
Florence Avenue
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sam Mussolini
Hitler
Morgenthau
Japan
Rome
Levinus Daeno
H. H. Fox
F.D.R
Highway Patrol
Lyden
Logal
King George
King George VI of
Frank Beresford
107Th Infantry
New York National Guard
L. C. Wallach
Hampshire
Ronald Lindsay
United States
Central Press
Throne of
Great Britain
Hopking
U. C
Commerce
Girls’ Organization
Butte Clubs
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!